British Columbia Postcards Collection

This is an historically significant collection of over 6,000 B.C. postcards that visually and vividly capture a wide array of places, people, events, industries, geographic landmarks, architectural highlights, modes of transportation – all associated with British Columbia. Many are from the "golden age" of postcards, 1900 to 1920, as well as the period from 1920 until WW2. Many of the cards are in excellent condition and a large percentage contain personal messages useful in documentation. This online collection contains a subset of the print collection.

This is an historically significant collection of over 6,000 B.C. postcards that visually and vividly capture a wide array of places, people, events, industries, geographic landmarks, architectural highlights, modes of transportation – all associated with British Columbia. Many are from the "golden age" of postcards, 1900 to 1920, as well as the period from 1920 until WW2. Many of the cards are in excellent condition and a large percentage contain personal messages useful in documentation. This online collection contains a subset of the print collection.

License and Usage Permissions

This collection contains many items for which copyright has expired in Canada. For items still under copyright protection, Simon Fraser University is not able to grant permission for their reuse. We encourage the appropriate use of images from this collection for educational and other not-for-profit purposes. Attribution/citation should be provided as follows: Image [insert image number here, eg. MSC130-2144-01] courtesy of the British Columbia Postcards Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library. Please include the website url when images are used in an offline or print-based context.

Simon Fraser University wishes to hear from any copyright owner, or their representative, who believes that this project has not properly attributed their work, or has used it without authorization. Please contact copy@sfu.ca and include the URL of the digital image in your message.

Acknowledgements

SFU Special Collections and Rare Books gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre's "BC History Digitization Program" and the SFU Library's Scholarly Digitization Fund to make this collection available online.

Contributed by Special Collections and Rare Books, Simon Fraser University Library.

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The Gardens, Beach Hotel, Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: The gardens at the Beach Hotel in Oak Bay, B.C. Three vessels and the Olympic Mountain Range are shown.

The Gardens, C.P.R. Hotel The Empress, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Gardens at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. A flowered arbor is shown.

The Gardens, C.P.R. Hotel, The Empress

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Trio
Description: A pergola covering a walkway at the Empress Hotel gardens in Victoria, B.C.

The Gateway to the Cowichan Valley, Vancouver, B.C.

Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Two horse drawn carriages going through a forest at the gateway to the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, B.C.

The Georgia Hotel Vancouver B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Georgia Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. Several automobiles are shown parked in front of the building.

The Glacier Stewart, B.C.

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Date: 1910
Description: View of a glacier from Stewart, B.C. A man is shown standing to the right of the image in the foreground.

The Glacier, Comox, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View of the Comox Glacier from Comox, B.C. A field is shown in the foreground.

The Gorge

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Name(s): Maves, Gus A.
Description: A bridge crossing the Gorge at Victoria, B.C.

The Gorge - Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A small group of people waiting on a small dock for a boat that is approaching at the Gorge in Victoria, B.C. A bridge crossing the Gorge is shown in the background.

The Gorge Bridge Victoria, B.C

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Gorge waterway and bridge in Victoria, B.C.

The Gorge Park, Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Several people in and around the water at Gorge Park in Victoria, B.C. Some people are shown in a canoe on the water.

The Gorge Victoria, B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A small group of people waiting on a small dock for a boat that is approaching at the Gorge in Victoria, B.C. A bridge crossing the Gorge is shown in the background.

The Gorge, Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: View looking down the Gorge waterway in Victoria, B.C.

The Gorge, Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: A small wooden landing overlooking the Gorge in Victoria, B.C. A wooden bench is attached to the landing.

The Gorge, Victoria B.C.

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Date: Unknown year in the century of the 1900s (year uncertain)
Description: Gorge waterway and bridge in Victoria, B.C.